My first Emerson

[mwmccormick]

It wasn't easy or really cheap but I had to know what was all the fuss over Emerson's. I found this Commander SF for a good price and man it fits my hand freaking sweet! Its very tight coming out but I read that that's normal. Without furhter ado here she is:

I noticed that the blade is primarily sharpened on only one side. Is this normal for Emerson knives?

I also noticed that the liner lock doesn't seem to go over very far in the below pic, but when I release it it feel very solid, kinda like its held in place deeper on the blade. IDK, I suppose thats normal as well. Very different knife all around, very sexy blade curve as well.

 

[grunt soldier]

congrats emerson makes a very solid knife and to boot it is 100 percent made in the usa with 100 percent parts made in the usa all the way down to the screws. congrats on a solid purchace. and so the addiction begins

 

[IDCC]

Congrats!! I just got a Commander BTS today on the mail and have only had it out of the box for a few minutes . It's my fourth Emerson. I'm really impressed. The chisel grind is the edge on several EKI knives. Your liner lock will move over after after breaking in especially after waving.

 

[Que]

That is a very nice nice. I fell for the wave feature playing with the Spyderco.

 

[mwmccormick]

Congrats!! I just got a Commander BTS today on the mail and have only had it out of the box for a few minutes . It's my fourth Emerson. I'm really impressed. The chisel grind is the edge on several EKI knives. Your liner lock will move over after after breaking in especially after waving.

Is the chisel grind very common in the production knife world? I've been gobbling knives up lately but I haven't come across any sharpened like this. I have a Sharpmaker coming this week, it makes me wonder if that edge will be difficult to reproduce.

Now I have my sights on that new Hogue EX01.

 

[glockednlocked]

Very nice. Welcome to a new phase of your life I am an Emerson addict.

 

[John Galt]

Emersons suck! I bought a CQC-7 a few weeks ago and now am struggling over which one I am going to get next. They're bank-vault solid and the chisel edge is wicked easy to take care of and is surprisingly sharp.

 

[Coach]

Cngrats

Have you cut yourself yet?

 

[Expat]

Congrats. I have been wanting one for awhile after reading so much good on them.

 

[IDCC]

I gave you some bad info. Just checked Emersons website and they say the Commander is a Conventional V grind. Which makes sense since they aren't flat on one side like my SOCFK and Kerambit.

 

[John Galt]

Have you cut yourself yet?

Should I lie or tell you the truth ? When I first got it, I was intrigued by the edge and I must admit that I did drag my thumb down the edge just a little bit. Mistake. Yes, it's sharp. It's amazing what just a couple minutes on a Sharpmaker will do to refine the edge. Like I said earlier, Emersons suck , as I see my wallet getting a little lighter in the near future!

 

[Oliver]

My wife bought me a Emerson Commander BTS for Christmas. I haven't gone a day without it in my pocket. It's my first knife and although I am actually bidding on a couple right now, and ABSOLUTELY going to purchase more Emersons later, but I don't see myself doing anything other than passing this knife down one day.

 

[Coach]

I have two because my first one disappeared for a year and a half. I suspect the little blonde kid that lives with us had something to do with it. His older sister found the knife in the drive way in the vicinity of the slide,swing and sandbox. It was a little rough but Rhino cleaned it right up and I could be back in ths stabbing business with my favorite knife I don't get the bad guy lockjaw will.

 

[bwframe]

Emerson Knives
It's worth checking out the site just for the intro. They have a FAQ and lots of way cool toys.

 

[bobbystoney]

Got my first Emerson in the mail today.

SOCFK-A

It's aight. It may replace my Spyderco Military as my usual edc.

 

[mwmccormick]

Have you cut yourself yet?

No but the guy I bought it from sent me a Band-Aid in the shipping box

 

[mwmccormick]

I gave you some bad info. Just checked Emersons website and they say the Commander is a Conventional V grind. Which makes sense since they aren't flat on one side like my SOCFK and Kerambit.

Maybe their interpretation is different than mine regarding "conventional". The back side is significantly less ground then the other side of the blade.

 

[stony]

Congrats on a great knife, the chisel grind is used quite often on Emerson knives.

 

[bwframe]

Maybe their interpretation is different than mine regarding "conventional". The back side is significantly less ground then the other side of the blade.

From the Emerson site FAQ:

Your catalog says my knife is V ground yet the sharpened edged is ground on one side only. Isn't that a chisel grind?
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
As I have explained in the definition of chisel grind in the glossary, the term chisel grind refers to the overall grind of the knife ie; the main bevel, not the edge, just as V grind refers to the main bevels of that style of blade. What you are referring to is the edge, the edge grind. All of our knives feature a single edge grind regardless if they are a chisel grind style like our model, CQC-7 or a double V ground style like our Commander model. The edge grind is the silver colored line located and visible at the bottom of the blade edge, not the main bevels. The single edge grind produces a very strong, sharp and easily maintained edge, especially in the field. This type of edge has been used historically on many hard use grade knives,most notably several million AK-47 bayonets. In describing our knives it would be either; A chisel grind blade with a single edge grind or a double V grind blade with a single edge grind depending on which model you choose. [/FONT]

 

[HICKMAN]

Think my kids knicked up the blade of my Mini-Commdander while I was working out of town.

Anyone use their re-sharpening services? Figure $19 for shipping is a little much, but I want my knife back to it's original edge.

and yes, mine and I are blood brothers